Environmental Arts and Literature

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UNE unit code: ENGL582

*You are viewing the 2027 version of this unit which may be subject to change in future.

Start

Trimester 2 - On Campus
Trimester 2 - Online

Campus

Armidale Campus

24/7 online support

Intensive schools

Supervised exam

Credit points

UNE student studies on a laptop on her lounge at home

Explore the relationship between human life and the non-human world through literature.

This unit examines the distinctive thematic, rhetorical and formal features of environmental literature and ‘nature writing’, and encourages you to consider the non-human in relation to anthropogenic historical processes such as colonisation and industrialisation, and curious aspects of the human condition such as desire and emotion.

The set texts will enable you to rethink conventional distinctions between ‘nature’ and ‘culture’, ‘human’ and ‘animal’, ‘subject’ and ‘object’, and consider how the environment is part of human history, society, politics and bodies. Incorporating insights from the fields of ecocriticism, feminism, queer theory, science and technology studies, indigenous studies and the environmental humanities, you will develop a wide range of skills for interpreting how ‘nature’ and ‘the environment’ are represented in literature.

Offerings

Teaching period	Mode/location
Trimester 2	On Campus, Armidale Campus
Trimester 2	Online

*Offering is subject to availability

Intensive schools

There are no intensive schools required for this unit.

Enrolment rules

Pre-requisites

candidature in a postgraduate award

Restrictions

ENGL382

Combined units

ENGL382 Environmental Arts and Literature

Notes

Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.

Unit coordinator(s)

Jennifer Hamilton

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

identify, rigorously evaluate and develop debates within the field of environmental literature and ecocriticism;
transfer analytical and interpretive skills developed in literary studies to other artistic forms (such as visual arts, live performance and installation) ;
demonstrate advanced knowledge of the ways by which literary texts, creative works and/or creative practice engages with environmental issues and themes;
coherently and rigorously communicate a critical analysis and evaluation of a range of works of environmental literature and art; and
apply advanced reading, communication, and research skills through the independent exposition of environmental literature and art.

Assessment information

Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

Title	Must Complete	Weight	Offerings	Assessment Notes
Online Task	Yes	20%	All offerings	Quiz with Multiple Choice and Short Answer Questions No. Words: 1000 (equivalent)
Project with Iterative Supervision - Assurance Task	Yes	55%	All offerings	Research Project with Iterative Supervision. Independent research essay or equivalent developed from the Proposal task 2, accompanied oral interview (fifteen-minutes (approx.)). Students must obtain at least 50% in the Assurance Task (and at least 50% overall) to receive a pass or better in the unit. No. Words: 4000 (equivalent)
Reflective Project Proposal and Annotated Bibliography	Yes	25%	All offerings	No. Words: 1500

Title

Must Complete

Weight

Offerings

Assessment Notes

Online Task

Yes

20%

All offerings

Quiz with Multiple Choice and Short Answer Questions

No. Words: 1000 (equivalent)

Project with Iterative Supervision - Assurance Task

Yes

55%

All offerings

Research Project with Iterative Supervision. Independent research essay or equivalent developed from the Proposal task 2, accompanied oral interview (fifteen-minutes (approx.)).

Students must obtain at least 50% in the Assurance Task (and at least 50% overall) to receive a pass or better in the unit.

No. Words: 4000 (equivalent)

Reflective Project Proposal and Annotated Bibliography

Yes

25%

All offerings

No. Words: 1500

Learning resources

Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.